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VAT: Registration

Commons · Question 2291 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 27 May 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Lake

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many addresses in the United Kingdom are currently registered as the VAT address of 100 or more businesses; and what processes HMRC has in place to verify that such addresses represent legitimate serviced office

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 27 May 2026

As of Tuesday 19 May 2026, there are 165 UK addresses that are currently registered as the VAT address of 100 or more businesses.HMRC undertakes a range of checks to ensure that business addresses provided for VAT registration purposes are appropriate. As...